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STREET CARRIAGE BLOCK. 510.321.417. Patented July '7, 1885 nu. nu, mam-mummy, mmm-n, u.

UNITED STATES PATENT Enron DAVID II. BLASCOV, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR GF ONE- IIALF 'IO GEGRGE SYLVESTER, OF SAME PLACE.

STREET CARRIAGE-BLOCK.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,417, dated July '7, 1885.

Application tiled May 1li, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvrD H. BLiisoow, ot' Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wriseonsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Street Carriage Blocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exaetdescription of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or tigures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a street carriagebloek as a new and useiiil article of manufacture.

The object oi' iny invention is to adapt the ordinary street carriage-block commonly in use as an aid in mounting a horse or stepping into a Carriage to the additional use ot' a receptacle for ashes, refuse, die., and to so construct it that it will be strong, durable, and ornamental, and can be inexpensively made.

It is common, especially in cities, to have a carriage or horse bloei; at the eurbstone, and also at the side of the street, near the house, a box or tank for ashes, refuse, d'0., and by my invention I combine these two useful arteles and utilize one and the same thing for both purposes, eeonomizing cost and space by constructing a receptacle for refuse that to the sight and in faet is a neatand attractive carriage or horse block, thus doing away with the unsightly and oit'ensive refuse-receptacle commonly used.

My invention is illustrated by the aecompa-nying drawings, in which Figure l. is a perspective view of my device, showing the lid and the door to the discharging-aperture, both partially open. Fig.2 is a sectional View at right angles to the steps.

The saine letters refer to like parts in both the views.

This carriage or horse block I usually cou- ,strnet either of wood or iron, and it is niade hollow,like a box or tank, and is provided ou one or more sides with steps e a, with reference to its use as a carriage or horse block, and at the top with a lid, b, being the whole or a part of the cover of the recept-acle,whieh lid is hinged or reiner-fable, so as to allow of its being swung back or removed to permit of the pouring of ashes or refuse through the Opening, at other times Covered by such lid, into the receptacle. On the rear side and preferably near the bottoni is the hinged or removable door or gate closing an opening into said receptacle, through which opening, when said door or gate is opened, the ashes or refuse may be removed from the receptacle. This door is kept closed by the buttons d ,or equivalent means.

When I construct this idool; or receptacle of wood, I preferably furnish it with a sheetnietal lining, e, as shown in Fig. 2. Thelid b may also be made seit-closing by a coiled spring, f, the two tree ends of which are rigidly attached, the one to the under side of the cover and the other. to the under side ol' the lid b.

It is obvious that my device makes when Closed a neat and ornamental carriage or horse block, and may at the same time be utilized as an ash and refuse receptacle; that ashes may be emptied into it through the opening covered by lid b, and may be readily removed through the opening at other times closed by the door c.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A carriage or horse block consisting of a hollow receptacle having one or more steps on one or more sides, and provided with a lideovered opening in its top and a door-closed opening on one side, near the bottom, and adapted for the reception of ashes or other refuse, substantially as set forth.

2. A horse-block consisting of a hollowT reeeptaele having one or more steps on one or more sides, and provided with a lideovered opening in its top adapted for the reception of ashes or other refuse, substantially as set forth.

In a-horse-bloek, the combination ot' a hollow receptacle,u,having a discharging-aperture covered by door c, and an opening in the top provided with the spring-closed lid Z, Substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereot'I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID H. BLASCOW.

Vitnesses C. T. BENEDTo'r, M. J. SCHINNER. 

